Jardim Campestre II e III: um estudo sobre a percepção ambiental de seus moradores e os impactos causados pela mineração urbana

Abstract

The present work is a case study with the object of researching the social and environmental conflicts generated between the Jardim Campestre III neighborhood a nearby mining company in Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Contrary to what occurs with most social environmental conflicts, in which a foreign agent arrives on a particular location, in this case study, a settlement was established on a location already consolidated as a mining area. The study also proposed to identify the actors involved in this conflict, as well as rescue the elements that allowed its emergence. In addition, a survey was conducted with the residents involved in this conflict, which aimed to capture their environmental perception, given its multifaceted character issues such as pollution and environment. It was possible to understand the conflict in a contextualized manner, inserted into a process of naturalization, denaturalization and re-naturalization of pollution experienced by the residents.